Can someone remind me what utility to use to record from a VCR to a 5500 ?

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:37 am

digipenguin

Joined: 09 Sep 2012

Posts: 1

The easiest way is to use vlc. I originally tried to setup mythtv to record from a vcr on channel 3 but I eventually abandoned that idea in favor of vlc. Here are the steps that I used for a mythbuntu system. You'll probably need to change a few settings depending on your hardware, OS and region.

install required packages

Code:

sudo apt-get install ivtv-utils v4l-utils alsa-utils vlc

list all frequency maps

Code:

ivtv-tune -L

write down the freq. map that corresponds to your region (us-bcast)

list all inputs

Code:

v4l2-ctl -n

# Input : 0
# Name : Television

write down television input number (0 in the example above)

list all audio devices

Code:

cat /proc/asound/pcm

# 01-00: CX88 Digital : CX88 Digital : capture 1

write down the device number - remove extra zeros and replace the dash with a comma (1,0 in the example above)

disable mythtv (to re-enable use "start mythtv-backend")

Code:

sudo stop mythtv-backend

choose the television input (from step 5)

Code:

v4l2-ctl -i 0

switch to the right frequency map and channel [61.250 MHz] (from step 3)

Code:

ivtv-tune -tus-bcast -c3

test the audio and video - press play on your vcr and make sure to hit the tv/vcr button (use the device number from step 7 for the input-slave)